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Obsidian Portal – Thursday Feature – Plotting a Mystery
Author: ketherian
While quest-based (or, “kill it and take its treasure”) games are the norm, mystery-based games are subtly different:
| Quest-Based | Mystery-Based |
|---|---|
| A McGuffin** is required | No McGuffin is required |
| Action oriented | Information oriented |
| Traditionally epic | Traditionally not epic |
| Mostly combat | Mostly skill challenges |
| Linear plot | Clues/Key scenes |
** mcguffin (n): an object or device in a movie or a book that serves merely as a trigger for the plot.
